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So I gave a woman I work with (while expecting) an infant seat I had, made in 2004. I knew her old one was expired and updated car seats were not a priority with her. Her two-year old currently uses a terribly old overhead-shield seat, probably left from when her 9-year old son was little. Her baby is now almost 2 months old. She came into work and I took a peak at the car seat. It was made in 1999! I told her that our next car seat demolition date is April 4th and if she wanted to use the one I gave her, I'd be happy to recycle the old one for her. I know, not the most sensitive, but looking at that terribly old seat just made me cringe. She said, "the older seats are better because they're made better than anything currently and she'll be in this until she's too big for it.". I just said, "oh, honey, it's just not safe", even though I wanted to say SO much more! She really is a very nice person and we normally get along great. She's normally very logical about things, so this was a bit hard to swallow. What would you say to someone like this?
I was also with my husband and children the other day and saw an app. 3-4 year old child sitting in the backseat, in her car seat, not buckled! She was leaning forward, so it was very obvious she wasn't tied in. I almost yelled out at the guy at the stop light, but dh stopped me. I've called the cops on things like this before, but they're very laissez-faire about these things. Nebraska's fine is also only $25. Ridiculous. What would you do in this situation?
Thanks!
Vicki
I was also with my husband and children the other day and saw an app. 3-4 year old child sitting in the backseat, in her car seat, not buckled! She was leaning forward, so it was very obvious she wasn't tied in. I almost yelled out at the guy at the stop light, but dh stopped me. I've called the cops on things like this before, but they're very laissez-faire about these things. Nebraska's fine is also only $25. Ridiculous. What would you do in this situation?
Thanks!
Vicki